CHURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 31, 1946
THE BATTALION
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iood Fellowship is
\im of Employees
Vew Dinner Club
Formation of a College Employ
es Dinner Club was announced by
)r. G. W. Schlesselman and Mrs.
/. M. Turner, co-chairmen of a
emmittee appointed by the Pres-
lent’s Office to perfect such an
rganization.
The purpose of the club will
e that of enabling college em-
loyees to become better acquaint-
d and to provide food, entertain-
lent and good fellowship. Regular
leetings will take place on the
econd Thursday of each month
t 7 p.m. in Sbisa Hall. The first
leeting will be on November 14.
Food will be served by the
iollege Subsistence Director at
cost of $1.25 per plate. The club
ill be charged cost prices for
>od, and all money left over will
e spent for recreation. After
ach meal tables will be cleared
nd the remainder of the even-
ig devoted to dancing. All col-
!ge employees and their wives are
ivited to attend club meetings,
ickets must be purchased at the
ggieland Inn by Wednesday noon
efore the Thursday meeting,
hese tickets will be placed on
lie each Monday before the meet-
ig on Thursday.
Suggested dress for this occa-
on is formal, but members are
ielcome to come in informal
pess. Person attending the meet-
igs are requested to wear some
ird showing their department or
[vision.
The committee in charge of ar-
mgements consist of J. E. Rob-
rts, W. E. Street, Dr. J. H. Mil-
!f, Mrs. J. D. Prewit, Mrs. T. W.
eland, Mrs. N. F. Rode, Mrs. B.
L Zinn and Mrs.. W. M. Turner
ad Dr. G. W. Schlesselman, co-
aairmen.
3eaumont A&M Club
At the first meeting of the
leaumont A. & M. Club held this
emester, Aubry Dickson was
lected president. Ed Hogan will
erve as vice-president; Bill Ed
wards, secretary; treasurer will be
5. W. French, and Andy Cokinos,
usiness manager.
Tentative plans for a Christmas
lance were made. The next regular
neeting for the Beaumont Club
idll be November 6.
Agronomy Society
Hears Speakers on
Extension Service
James D. Prewit, vice-director,
and Joe L. Matthews, assistant in
agricultural planning for the Ex
tension Service, spoke to the Agron
omy Society Tuesday night, Oct.
22.
Mr. Prewit stated that the Ex
tension Service has 700 employees,
serving as agriculture agents,
home demonstration agents, and
district agents. With this number
of employees, Prewit said, “There
is an average of 30 men turnover
or less to other agencies each
year.” Closely related to Mr.
Prewit’s speech, Mr. Matthews
stated that Extension Service per
sonnel are eligible for teacher re
tirement as well as Civil Service re
tirement, only by entering into the
retriement plan set up for Civil
Service employees. Matthews also
advised men interested in enter
ing Extension Service work to
contact Mr. Prewit.
George W. Rivers, president of
the club, has appointed Howard
Anderson, Bob Moore, and Ray
Wilson on the planning committee
for the annual Cotton Pageant and
Ball.
The Agronomy Society plans to
send two delegates to the Nation
al Convention to be held in Omaha,
Neb. These delegates will be chosen
by the members of the society.
Horticulture Club
The Horticulture Society met
Tuesday night, October 15, with
its president, G. C. Wilson, presid
ing, and heard Dr. Guy W.
Adriance, head of the Horticulture
department, as the speaker of the
evening.
Dr. Adriance spoke briefly on
the United Fruit Company and told
of its history and its holdings in
the citrus regions of Central and
South America. He explained that
the company’s main export was
bananas and that they are now
in the process of expanding their
holdings and improving their plan
tations to produce larger crops.
Dr. Adriance expressed the hope
that some of the society seniors
might use this as an opportunity
for a position after graduation.
The next meeting of the society
will be the first Tuesday in Novem
ber at the A. H. pavilion. The
meetiri'g will be at 7:30 in the even
ing and all members are urged to
be present.
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Ryan to Head
ASHVE Chapter
Key W. Ryan was elected chair
man of the American Society of
Heating and Ventilation Engineers
at their first meeting on October
17. Herbert Kay was elected vice-
chairman; Leroy Brown will serve
as secretary-treasurer; and Wayne
E. Long, reporter.
John S. Hopper, a member of
the society, spoke briefly on the
background of the ASHVE. Plans
are being made to have guest
speakers at all forthcoming meet
ings, Ryan announced.
This new campus society is the
only student chapter in the coun
try. Due to this fact, it has the
support of the senior chapters lo
cated in Houston, Dallas, and San
Antonio. These chapters have
agreed to aid undergraduate stu
dents in finding air conditioning
jobs during the summer months.
The next meeting of the ASHVE
will be held on Thursday, Novem
ber 21, stated Ryan.
Dallas Club Elects
Gilbert President
The Dallas A. & M. Club met
Monday night, October 15, for the
first time of the current semester
with 75 members present. Primary
purpose was the election of of
ficers and reorganization of the
club.
Boots Gilbert was elected presi
dent; Bob Martin was chosen vice-
president; secretary is Asa Holle-
man; Horace Goswick was named
treasurer; and Max Ploeger, social
secretary. It was announced that
all Dallas Aggies are invited to a
dance given by the Dallas A. &
M. Mothers’ Club after the A. &
M. - SMU football game on Nov.
9.
Asa Holleman, secretary, stated
that dues would be three dollars
for new members and one dollar
for old members. Students having
old memibership cards in their
possession could join the club with
out payment of any fees.
A&M Judging Team
F. M. Lyles, ’17, was host to
A. & M.’s livestock judging team,
who Saturday placed tenth in the
Intercollegiate Livestock Judging
Contest in Kansas City, Missouri.
This national judging contest is
sponsored by the American Royal
Livestock and Horse Show. Assist
ing Mr. Lyles as members of the
Kansas City A. & M. Club were
C. C. Yates, ’17, T. Lewis Jones,
’23, Dick Perry, ’25, A. P. Morey,
’25, and D. H. Douglas, ’40.
On Sunday, October 20, the
team and coach W. M. Warren were
dinner guests of the Kansas City
A .& M. Club.
Team members making the
American Royal Contest were H.
G. Law, W. T. Magee, W. P. Sayles,
W. E. Berry, Jr., Morris Duncan,
and W. A. McClure. Accompanying
the teann were C. R. Landon and
Charles Lowe, assistant coach.
A&M FFA Chapter
Organizes, Elects
Officers for Year
James R. Mclroy, Hillsboro was
elected president of the Texas
A. & M. FFA Chapter in a meet
ing that was dleld Tuesday even
ing, October 15, in the Ag En
gineering lecture room. McLroy,
an ex-serviceman in the class of
’45, is one of the ten men who
made the South American Good
Will tour during the summer.
Vice-president for the semester
will be Raymond Birdwell of Bon
ham. Walter S. White of Stephen-
ville will serve as secretary, and
Y. B. Johnson of Coleman will be
treasurer. Student advisor, a new
position in the chapter, will be fill
ed by Joseph H. Lindley, a former
state FFA president from Mt.
Vernon. Earl Morrison of Tele
phone was elected parliamentarian
and O. L. Dennis of Moran was
elected historian. Freddie Walters
of Lewisville was chosen watch
dog, and Ray Rector will serve the
chapter as reporter.
Faculty advisors for the chap
ter are Mr. R. E. Alexander, head
of the Ag Education department,
Mr. E. V. Walton and Mr. Henry
Ross, both of whom are members
of the Ag Education staff.
Mclroy appointed an objective
committee to arrange programs
for future meetings. The chapter
wishes to obtain several out of
town speakers and, if possible, of
ficers of the national chapter.
A picnic of the FFA chapter was
held on Sunday afternoon, October
20, at the home of Mr. Alexander.
Fall Fashion Show
Held by Vet Wives
Studentts, their wives, and famil
ies presented a preview showing
of the latest fashions in women’s
apparel at the Fall Style Show
held Tuesday evening, October 22,
in Sbisa Hall. The show was pre
sented b ythe Style and Fashion
Group of the Veterans’ Wives Club.
Clothes from WSD, Beverly
Braley, Collegiate, and Betsy
Ross Shops were modeled by
members of the club. Attractive
models, music, spotlights, and a
carpeted ramp were some of the
details making the showing pro
fessional in presentation and pleas
ing to watch. Mrs. Claude Mitchell,
club sponsor, made a brief acknow
ledgement speech, and Mrs. David
Kemodle, chairman, conducted the
showing and introduced the models.
The following veterans’ wives
served as models: Mesdames Har
old F. Boyd, Tom M. Lamberth,
Jr., Charles L. Taggart, John L.
Zerr, Terry A. Clark, James H.
Wilson, William G. McCamant,
Malcolm L. Gunter Jr., Adrian D.
Evans, James M. Walker, Woody
Greene, Ross H. Spradley, Nancy
Bannister, and Dorothea Stanber-
ry.
Limestone County
Club Notes
On Friday night, November 1,
the CaCo3 Limestone County A.
& M. Club will Ijave its first event
on the social calendar. Carl Sad
dler, Jack Jones, and Ed Morton
were appointed to make all pre
party preparations at the last
meeting of this club.
Piano Team to Feature Music
With Bach | toJ^Boogie Variety
Duo-pianiSts ARTHUR WHIT
TEMORE and JACK LOWE, com
ing to the stage of Guion Hall
on Town Hall’s second big feature
November 6.
Rifle Team Begins
With 53 Attending
Major J. M. Cook announces that
53 men were present for the for
mation of the A. & M. Rifle team.
From the group present 15 will
be picked and will fire competitive
matches with TSCW and Houston.
Master Sgt. Truman Allen
will be coach for the team, and ac
cording to Major Cook, “has had
lots of experience with rifle
teams”. Eleven of the members
who are trying out for the team
have been on previous rifle teams
either at A. & M. or in the serv
ice.
New rifles will be used to fire
on the small bore 1000-inch range,
and the main objective of the group
will be, says Master Sergeant Al
len, “to have the best rifle team
of any college.”
Horsley Addresses
ASME; Membership
Increased to 250
The student branch of the Amer
ican Society of Mechanical Engi
neers held its third meeting of the
current semester Tuesday, October
15, in the ME lecture room. Guest
speaker for the evening was W. R.
Horsley of the A. & M. Placement
Office. Introduced by vice-chair
man M. A. Horton, Mr. Hosrley
spoke on the functions and future
plans of his office, followed by a
general discussion period. 150
members and visitors were present.
The present membership drive,
directed by W. J. Graff, has in
creased the membership to 250
students. All engineering students,
especially those majoring in ME,
are invited to attend all future
meetings, which are held on the
first and third Tuesday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. An interesting
and varied program has been plan
ned for each meeting.
Movies on the Tacoma Bridge
disaster will be shown at the next
meeting to be held on November
5.
A joking remark and a summer
vacation in Puerto Rico was the
start of the young American piano
team, Whittemore and Lowe, who
will appear at Guion Hall on Nov.
6. Brought to the A&M College
campus under the auspices of
Town Hall ,these duo-pianists will
please the serious music lover and
the bobby-soxer.
During their college career,
these two students visited Whit-
temore’s aunt in Puerto Rico and
on one occasion a joking remark
was passed about their musical
talent. Hurriedly deciding to carry
the joke through—though they
had never played together in their
lives—they scoured the stores and
attic, unearthed a few numbers
from Etude Magazine, and ar
ranged them all for two pianos.
As one things leads to another,
sq did this successful joke lead
them back to the mainland, where
they began filling recital dates.
About this time they also distin
guished themselves by walking off
with first place in a nation-wide
glee club contest. The group they
trained from the University of
Rochester led the field of 145 Men’s
Glee Clubs at Carnegie Hall. This
brought them to the attention of
Fred Waring, on whose radio show
they have appeared many times
since.
Arthur Whittemore, a South
Dakotan, laughs now when he
tells about his first public ap
pearance—playing for movies in
his home town while he was still
in public school. He was also solo
ist with the student symphony at
the Universtiy of South Dakota.
A teaching fellowship at Eastman
School took him to Rochester, N.
Y. to earn his master’s degree.
Jack Lowe’s first musical ex
perience was at the age of six.
He saw a toy violin in a Sears
Roebuck catalog, and as a result
of persistent begging, his pa
rents finally bought it for him.
He sawed on it for two years until
his parents decided that he was in
earnest. He played in the Denver
Civic Symphony at the age of
fifteen, and while he was a stu
dent at Colorado State Teachers
College he became interested in
the piano. Some of his composi
tions won him a scholarship to
Eastman School, where he met
Arthur Whittemore and eventually
shared his fateful trip to Puerto
Rico.
Both pianists are promising
composers. Lowe has done a large
number of selections heard at
symphony concerts and on radio
Even a good egg has to be
careful when the wife is boiling.
networks. Whittemore has some
orchestral pieces and unfinished
operas to his credit. This ability
has contributed to their fame as
duo-pianists, for they play only
their own arrangements and have
enlarged the repertory consider
ably.
Released from the Navy after
three and a half years' service on
January 6, Whittemore and Lowe
spent the next three weeks ar
ranging and recording for Victor.
Then they embarked on a concert
tour that carried them through
New England, the Middle West, and
part of the South before returning
to New York in April, 1946 for
their first Carnegie Hall concert
and their first New York appear
ance as civilians in more than
four years.
During their Navy period, they
gave more than 600 concerts before
half a million service personnel—
at one time they played 241 per
formances in more than 40 hospi
tals in 88 days, a concert record
which may stand for all time.
On the basis of their experi
ence with GIs, Whittemore and
Lowe are including in this ap
pearance of numbers they found
to be most popular with service
personnel. In all, they now have a
repertoire of 175 numbers in their
own arrangements, of which sev
enteen are of the popular school.
To all music lovers, this Wed
nesday evening performance at
Guion Hall should not be missed.
You’ll thrill to the piano team’s
version of Bach, or the lilting boog
ie-woogie rhythms. Whether you’re
young or whether you’re old, the
Whittemore and Lowe pair will
raise the roof with applause.
San Angelo Annual
Dance on Dec. 27th
The San Angelo A. & M. Club
will have its annual Christmas
dance on December 27 at the Han
gar in San Angelo, it was decided
at the last meeting. Furnishing
music for the occasion will be the
Aggieland Orchestra.
Part of the proceeds of the
dance will be used for another
social of the club, and the re
mainder will be donated to the
San Angelo Mothers Club Fund to
aid in sending local boys to A&M.
Each town in the vicinity will
select a duchess to represent the
town at the dance. On Friday even
ing preceding the dance there will
be a get-acquainted reception.
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